The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 10
Rick Joyner
For
fifty years I have had dreams, visions, and revelations about the coming
revolutions and civil wars in the church. I have written extensively about
these, and my most popular books have been about them.
What I understood, but did not give too much attention to, is how closely
events in the natural parallel what is happening in the Spirit. Connecting
these better will help us prepare for both.
When
we begin to glimpse the kingdom of God and the city that God is building, it is
hard to consider anything happening on the earth as important—but it is. We
must give it due attention because much of it is happening in preparation for
the coming kingdom of God. The emerging spiritual awakening
is also imperative for the Revolutionary/Civil War to be successful in the
natural. As our national Founding Fathers declared, the Republic they gave to
us only works for a moral and religious people, and they admitted that it was
“inadequate for governing any others.” There is no way to have a successful
outcome in our country’s coming Revolutionary/Civil War if the one in the
church does not precede it.
We can
reconnect our government to the Constitution that embodies God’s wisdom for
government, but without a spiritual Awakening in America, it will not be long
before it is disconnected again and lawlessness prevails. Our Constitution is
not a law that forces righteousness, but it is the construction of a limited
government that protects its people from evil and promotes liberty. The
Founders were right: this Constitutional Republic can only work for those who
want to do what is right because of a strong religious and moral compass in
their heart. Therefore, they are given the ability to choose what is right
because they love God, righteousness, and justice, and also love, honor, and
respect one another.
This may sound too good to work for any
civil government, and it is without devotion to God and high moral principles
by the people governed. In this age of increasing lawlessness, immorality,
greed, and all other forms of darkness, this may seem even more unrealistic. It
is more than unrealistic—it is impossible without God.
“Nothing is
impossible for God.” He is not challenged by what may seem difficult or
impossible for us. Biblical record and history reveal that He does His best
work when the challenge is the most impossible for us. The Christian life He has called us to is not just the most difficult
life we can live—it is impossible. No human being can live the Christian life
we are called to without Christ! He designed what He called us to as
impossible without Him.
No
human life on this planet can be successful without God.
He made man to need Him. We can
accomplish what is in our heart without Him, but if such get the chance to
ponder their life on their deathbed, they will know it was frivolous, empty,
and a failure at what was truly important. Has there yet been anyone on their
deathbed who had remorse that they did not make more money, build or accumulate
more stuff, or get more of the accolades of men?
God
is asking us to do the impossible. He wants the American Republic to be a government that will not work
without Him. Like Israel of old that had to learn over and over that they
could not survive without God, we are now there ourselves. We will not last
much longer without Him.
As we see in
Revelation 11:15, when the seventh trumpet sounds, which is the seventh and
last message that goes forth, the kingdoms of this world will become the
kingdom of our Lord. There is a transition being prepared, a bridge to the age
to come. This is why we are told in Isaiah 40 that we prepare the way for The
Lord by building a highway. This highway is God’s “higher-way.” He has a higher
way, higher than even man’s greatest wisdom, to do just about everything. This
includes government, education, business—everything. To the degree that we align ourselves with His ways is the degree to
which we build upon His kingdom that cannot be shaken.
The Founders of the American Republic
developed a Constitution for a republic that would limit government, not
promote the expansion of it. They understood that anything the government did
for its citizens beyond three basic areas would come with strings attached that
would ultimately have the people in bondage again. The three areas they
believed civil government needed to have authority over was for the common
defense, foreign affairs, and interstate commerce. All other authority in the
Constitution was remanded “to the states and to the people.” When our federal
government went beyond its Constitutional mandate, virtually every crisis we’re
now facing began.
As C.S. Lewis wrote, “When you make a wrong turn and get on the wrong road it will never
turn into the right road. The only way to get on the right road is to go back
to where you missed the turn.” We may think that it is impossible to go
back to those now. It is if we’re looking to the right or the left, but not if
we’re looking up. Remember, “Nothing is
impossible for God.”